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| Author | : Gerald Hausman |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 100 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Dogs |
| ISBN | : 9780439276115 |
A collection of traditional tales about dogs from around the world, arranged in such categories as "The Trickster Dog," "The Enchanted Dog," and "The Super Dog."
| Author | : Stanley Coren |
| Publisher | : Hubble & Hattie |
| Total Pages | : 176 |
| Release | : 2016-03-24 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1845848608 |
People tell stories about what they love, including dogs, and this book is a collection of such stories. Some are spooky, some funny, and some engage the mind in the same way that a detective story does. Starting with a look at the origins of folk tales involving dogs, you’ll find facts, history and humour aplenty from all around the world.
| Author | : David Gordon White |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 364 |
| Release | : 1991-05-07 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0226895092 |
"An impressive and important cross-cultural study that has vast implications for history, religion, anthropology, folklore, and other fields. . . . Remarkably wide-ranging and extremely well-documented, it covers (among much else) the following: medieval Christian legends such as the 14th-century Ethiopian Gadla Hawaryat (Contendings of the Apostles) that had their roots in Parthian Gnosticism and Manichaeism; dog-stars (especially Sirius), dog-days, and canine psychopomps in the ancient and Hellenistic world; the cynocephalic hordes of the ancient geographers; the legend of Prester John; Visvamitra and the Svapacas ("Dog-Cookers"); the Dog Rong ("warlike barbarians") during the Xia, Shang, and Zhou periods; the nochoy ghajar (Mongolian for "Dog Country") of the Khitans; the Panju myth of the Southern Man and Yao "barbarians" from chapter 116 of the History of the Latter Han and variants in a series of later texts; and the importance of dogs in ancient Chinese burial rites. . . . Extremely well-researched and highly significant."—Victor H. Mair, Asian Folklore Studies
| Author | : Cat Warren |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 368 |
| Release | : 2015-03-10 |
| Genre | : Pets |
| ISBN | : 1451667329 |
Published in hardcover as What the dog knows: the science and wonder of working dogs by Simon & Schuster, New York, c2013.
| Author | : Catherine Johns |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780674030930 |
The juxtaposition and explanation of images as diverse as Greek pottery, Victorian jewelry, Assyrian sculpture, and Japanese netsuke, illuminates our understanding of the place of dogs in human society around the world. This book explores these cultural expressions and reflections of our deep and long-standing interest in dogs.
| Author | : Gerald Hausman |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 292 |
| Release | : 1997-12-15 |
| Genre | : Pets |
| ISBN | : 9780312181390 |
Fascinating stories abound in this magnificent treasure trove of dog stories, ranging from beloved shaggy dog tales to rare references from 7th-century Tibet to the works of John Steinbeck and Rudyard Kipling. Includes accounts of the Maltese who hid under the skirt of Mary Queen of Scots at her beheading, a Newfoundland who valiantly tried to save his owner as the TITANIC went down, and much more. Illustrated throughout.
| Author | : Gerald Hausman |
| Publisher | : Irie Books |
| Total Pages | : 270 |
| Release | : 2011-10-01 |
| Genre | : Pets |
| ISBN | : 9781617202025 |
A literary and historical legacy of 67 dogs breeds covering the legend and lore of our best friend. From Afghan to Yorkie, the stories in this book are surprising, funny, touching, and philosophical and they go back to the dog who plugged the hole in Noah's Ark, the dog who hid under the skirt of Mary Queen of Scots at her beheading, and to the mythological dog that walked the decks of the Titanic and saved his master from drowning.
| Author | : Susan McHugh |
| Publisher | : Reaktion Books |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 2004-08-04 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1861894880 |
Dogs are perhaps our most popular pets, and certainly one of the best-loved of all animals. They are not only humanity’s best friend, they are also its oldest: burial sites dating back 12,000 years indicate that dogs moved alongside prehistoric peoples before, during and after both species settled the world. The story of the canine has been fundamentally entwined with that of humanity since the earliest times, and this ancient and fascinating story is told in Susan McHugh’s Dog. This book unravels the debate about whether dogs are descended from wolves, and moves on to deal with canines in mythology, religion and health, dog cults in ancient and medieval civilizations as disparate as Alaska, Greece, Peru and Persia, and traces correspondences between the histories of dogs in the Far East, Europe, Africa and the Americas. Dog also examines the relatively recent phenomenon of dog breeding and the invention of species, as well as the canine’s role in science fact and fiction; from Laika, the first astronaut, and Pavlov’s famous conditioned dogs, through to science fiction novels and cult films such as A Boy and his Dog. Susan McHugh shows how dogs today contribute to human lives in a huge number of ways, not only as pets and guide dogs but also as sources of food in Asia, entertainment workers, and scientific and religious objects. Dog reveals how we have shaped these animals over the millennia, and in turn, how dogs have shaped us.
| Author | : Livi Michael |
| Publisher | : G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Dogs |
| ISBN | : 9780399243561 |
Sam has always wanted a dog, but Jenny is a dog like no other. She has come from another world'a parallel world of mythology, where the whims of the gods decide the course of Destiny. Jenny fled in terror after her attempt to save the life of her first beloved boy interrupted the gods? plans for a battle for control of the world. But now her escape threatens Sam's world as well. So Jenny has to convince her motley pack of dog friends'tiny Pico, giant Gentleman Jim, slow-moving Boris, excitable Checkers, and nervous Flo'that it's their destiny to restore the worlds to order before it's too late. Norse mythology, a huge respect for the hearts and minds of dogs, and many dashes of humor combine to tell the tale of a grand, epic quest to save the world for humans, gods, and dogs.
| Author | : André Alexis |
| Publisher | : Coach House Books |
| Total Pages | : 177 |
| Release | : 2015-03-23 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1770564039 |
Winner of the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalist for the 2015 Toronto Book Awards Winner of the 2015 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize "[Alexis] devises an inventive romp through the nature of humanity in this beautiful, entertaining read … A clever exploration of our essence, communication, and how our societies are organized." – Kirkus Reviews "This might be the best set-up of the spring." – The Globe & Mail "André Alexis has established himself as one of our preeminent voices." – Toronto Star — I wonder, said Hermes, what it would be like if animals had human intelligence. — I'll wager a year's servitude, answered Apollo, that animals – any animal you like – would be even more unhappy than humans are, if they were given human intelligence. And so it begins: a bet between the gods Hermes and Apollo leads them to grant human consciousness and language to a group of dogs overnighting at a Toronto veterinary clinic. Suddenly capable of more complex thought, the pack is torn between those who resist the new ways of thinking, preferring the old 'dog' ways, and those who embrace the change. The gods watch from above as the dogs venture into their newly unfamiliar world, as they become divided among themselves, as each struggles with new thoughts and feelings. Wily Benjy moves from home to home, Prince becomes a poet, and Majnoun forges a relationship with a kind couple that stops even the Fates in their tracks. André Alexis's contemporary take on the apologue offers an utterly compelling and affecting look at the beauty and perils of human consciousness. By turns meditative and devastating, charming and strange, Fifteen Dogs shows you can teach an old genre new tricks. André Alexis was born in Trinidad and grew up in Canada. His debut novel, Childhood, won the Books in Canada First Novel Award, the Trillium Book Award, and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. His other previous books include Asylum, Beauty and Sadness, Ingrid & the Wolf and, most recently, Pastoral, which was also nominated for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and was named a Globe and Mail Top 100 book of 2014.
